LOS ANGELES — “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen confirmed Friday he plans to travel to Haiti next week with friend and actor Sean Penn, in an interview with “Access Hollywood.”

“We’re going to do a couple things first and then it looks like we’re heading down [to Haiti],” Sheen told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover during a phone interview on their Friday show, yet another media appearance by the troubled actor who has garnered considerable attention with his erratic and bombastic remarks.

“And I’m excited as hell because, you know, if I can bring the attention of the world down there, then clearly this tsunami keeps cresting,” Sheen, 45, told the entertainment news program about the bizarre timing of a non-profit initiative in the midst of the cancellation of his CBS show for this season and a bitter custody battle over his children with his estranged wife.

Penn has also been in the tabloids this week for cuddling with the not-yet-divorced Scarlett Johansson, 26, during a romantic getaway in Mexico. He created the J/P Haitian Relief Organization after an earthquake ravaged Haiti in January 2010, killing an estimated 230,000 people and leaving 1.3 million homeless.

The Academy Award-winning actor has increasingly been visiting the struggling country to oversee the work of his organization.

Penn, 50, has been one of the many actors who have reportedly offered support to Sheen during his public struggle with substance abuse.